404 Quotes by Thomas Aquinas

Eternity is called whole, not because it has parts, but because it is lacking in nothing.

Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion.

The splendor of a soul in grace is so seductive that it surpasses the beauty of all created things.

The Blessed Eucharist is the perfect Sacrament of the Lord's Passion, since It contains Christ Himself and his Passion.

Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself.

For those with faith, no evidence is necessary; for those without it, no evidence will suffice.

Even as in the blessed in heaven there will be most perfect charity, so in the damned there will be the most perfect hate. Wherefore as the saints will rejoice in all goods, so will the damned grieve for all goods. Consequently the sight of the happiness of the saints will give them very great pain.

Love must precede hatred, and nothing is hated save through being contrary to a suitable thing which is loved. And hence it is that every hatred is caused by love.

Love follows knowledge.